February 2009
Honda has signed an agreement with Chiba prefecture and Investment Promotion Association of Kazusa Akademia Park.
The details concerning regulations and standards for establishing R&D facilities in Kazusa Akademia Park, is based on its decision to build a new research facility that will enable Honda to work toward the establishment and practical application of bio-ethanol production technology from non-edible cellulosic material such as the stems and leaves of plants.
The new Kazusa-branch facility of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Fundamental Technology Research Center, will be built within the Kazusa Akademia Park (in Kisarazu, Chiba).
Honda plans to build a single 1,050sqm building (approximate gross floor space) as a testing facility on the 5,000sqm lot. The construction is scheduled to begin in April 2009, with the goal to begin operations in November 2009.
Honda is continuing its collaborative research on bio-ethanol production technology with RITE (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth) which began in 2006 and has been conducting research on the bio-ethanol conversion process using an experimental plant built within the Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Fundamental Technology Research Center (Wako, Saitama) since April 2007.
In order to move toward practical application of the technology, Honda decided to build a new facility as it became necessary to conduct a research using a large-scale experimental facility which enables more accurate evaluations.
Kazusa Akademia Park is a research and development zone where research, academia, production, and resort functions are gathered together.
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